Lydia Syson

1. Observe yourself

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   May 11, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   Fieldwork. An anthropology of our own people, in the name of progress.  Political empowerment.  Or covert surveillance?  Furtive notebooks and …
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   Category News | Tags: archive, donate your diary, history from below, Mass Observation, May 12, Observer, social history

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2. Writing competition results

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   May 2, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   Last month I wrote about a high-tech school visit I’d made to Sydenham School in South London. Today I’m delighted …
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   Category News | Tags: invasion, Jess Taylor, Julien Bryan, Poland, Sydenham School, USHMM, writing competition, WW2, WW2 fiction, Year 8 creative writing

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3. Diving deeper: into the ‘Glass Room’

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   April 27, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   Writing historical fiction demands total immersion.  It’s a fairly obsessive process, but well worth it.  Bit by bit, you build …
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   Category News | Tags: audio visual, Author Profile, author visit, event, glasshouse, historical fiction, immersion room, LMF, NLT, School, South London Press, Sydenham School, total immersion, writing competition

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4. #UKYADay

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   April 19, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   I’m not going to assume that everybody who reads this will instantly understand the title of this post, but I …
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   Category News | Tags: #UKYADay, Book bloggers, celebration, Lucy Powrie, Project UKYA, Teen fiction, UKYA, YA novels

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5. Len Crome Memorial Lecture 2014: Taking Sides

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   March 2, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   The Spanish Civil War ‘gripped the imagination of a generation’, said Valentine Cunningham this weekend at Taking Sides: Artists and …
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   Category News | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Andre Friedman, Art, artists, Authors Take Sides, Carmen Herrero, culture, Gerda Pohorylle, Gerda Taro, IBMT, John Cornford, Len Crome, Richard Baxell, Robert Capa, Spanish Civil War, The Mexican Suitcase, Valentine Cunningham

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6. National Libraries Day

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   February 8, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   Today’s the day to show your love for all the libraries in the country, and celebrate with millions of other …
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   Category News | Tags: National Libraries Day

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7. Authors Take Sides

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   January 26, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   Who is this glorious woman? If you saw the recent production of The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic in London …
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   Category News | Tags: ANP, Auden, Authors Take Sides, Eric Hobsbawm, Geoffrey Grigson, Len Crome Lecture, Lois Gordon, Marcus Garvey, Nancy Cunard, Negro, Pablo Neruda, Poets of the World, poets war, Scottsboro Boys

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8. Ravilious

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   January 14, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   

   Ravilious in Pictures: The War Paintings by James Russell (The Mainstone Press) – one of the most thoughtful and appropriate Christmas …
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   Category News | Tags: Alan Powers, Christmas presents, Dulwich Picture Gallery, homing pigeons, James Russell, Kenneth Clark, Mainstone Press, Narvik, Ravilious, That Burning Summer, War Artist, WW2

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9. Wartime Christmas

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   December 22, 2013 by Lydia Syson

   

   Today’s war-themed window in the Carnegie 2014 Advent Calendar by We Sat Down is my inspiration for this final post of the …
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   Category News | Tags: 2014 Carnegie Advent, A WORLD BETWEEN US, Beirut, Christmas, Len Crome, Neugass, sherry, War is Beautiful, wartime, We Sat Down

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10. Competition: The History Girls

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    November 30, 2013 by Lydia Syson

    This week there’s a chance to win a copy of That Burning Summer thanks to the The History Girls – if you already …
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    Category News | Tags: Competition, That Burning Summer, The History Girls

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